Lately I’ve been working on making free printables for you. I love free printables. And now I’m falling in love with making them, so there will most likely be more in the future! I hope you find them useful.

That is a snippet of the piece I entered in my first writing contest with Faith Radio of the University of Northwestern in St.Paul, Minnesota. Many of you read it. Many of you showed your support in your comments and emails, and many of you voted! Wow! I sincerely and humbly thank you!

Vulnerability does not come easy for me. Yet I am finding a sense of healing in sharing some of the pain. I deeply appreciate that you are a part of that process. Your interest in my little space on the web, is worth more than you will ever know.

“Thank you” doesn’t suffice how much it blesses me to know you are on the other side of these words.

While it is awkward for me to ask for your vote, this is how writing contests go:

The writer, writes. The readers, read. And the voters, vote.

If you haven’t done so already, I would love to have you consider voting for me. You will be asked to login using your email or Facebook page. This is to ensure that your vote is only counted once. So, just once and you’re done!

If you are so inclined, please click the image below to go do that now!

NOTE: Many of you asked if the woman in the image was me. Yes, it was. This is one of the few photos we have of our Amish life. It was taken the evening before our wedding. You can find another photo of my husband and me on our wedding day here. FUN FACT: We hid behind a building to have it taken!

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Lol I have never thought of it that way. I have often related to how Ma Ingall’s might have felt, though. Thank you for reading, Shari. My prayer is thay many people will get a glimpse of grace & salvation through this little spot on the web.

Kaylene, thank you for all the beautiful printables! I loved your essay that you wrote for the contest and hope that lots of people vote for it. The pictures of your family are beautiful. How funny, that you snuck behind a barn to get that wedding picture!